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Searching and provocative--The New York Review of Books
Author : Charles T. Rubin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,97 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780847688173
Searching and provocative--The New York Review of Books
Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 19,37 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780395710838
Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare.
Author : Gustav Regler
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Spain
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Author : Eugene L. Cox
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1400874998
The fourteenth century is usually portrayed as a period of retrogression and disaster in European history, but for the transalpine state of Savoy it was a period of glory. During this time almost the entire region between Lombardy and Burgundy was brought under the control of Savoyard rulers. The "buffer state" created between France and Italy hindered French expansion for many centuries and helped preserve the independence of Italy. Drawing upon much unpublished material, Professor Cox traces the social and political evolution of the principality. He discusses how the Savoyard state was governed, financed, and defended. He also provides a fascinating biography of the Green Count. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Garden Club of New Jersey
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 1965
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Author : Jonathan Phillips
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 24,13 MB
Release : 2005-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1101127724
In 1202, zealous Western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Venetian doge, they descended instead on Constantinople, wreaking terrible devastation. The crusaders spared no one: They raped and massacred thousands, plundered churches, and torched the lavish city. By 1204, one of the great civilizations of history had been shattered. Here, on the eight hundredth anniversary of the sack, is the extraordinary story of this epic catastrophe, told for the first time outside of academia by Jonathan Phillips, a leading expert on the crusades. Knights and commoners, monastic chroniclers, courtly troubadours, survivors of the carnage, and even Pope Innocent III left vivid accounts detailing the events of those two fateful years. Using their remarkable letters, chronicles, and speeches, Phillips traces the way in which any region steeped in religious fanaticism, in this case Christian Europe, might succumb to holy war.
Author : Mark Olly
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1780995733
Revealing the Green Man is designed to impart a practical revelation of a deep and ancient mystery through actual archaeological and historic case studies which point to personal intellectual and spiritual enlightenment affecting everyone alive today. The book is not just a lazy stroll through entertaining stories of some lost mystery cult, but a resurrection of a long and ancient religion as old as time itself which is now challenging us to care for our environment here in the modern world. The Green Man proves himself to be a great deal more than a cute chubby face peering at us through a veil of leaves, rather he could be said to be a true representation of the very essence of life itself.
Author : Glen Weldon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1476756732
"Since his debut in Detective Comics #27, Batman has been many things: a two-fisted detective; a planet-hopping gadabout; a campy Pop Art sensation; a pointy-eared master spy; and a grim ninja of the urban night. Yet, despite these endless transformations, he remains one of our most revered cultural icons. [In this book, Weldon provides a] look at the cultural history of Batman and his fandom"--Amazon.com.
Author : Kalman Lehoczky
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2012-01-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1300004223
I regard this book as a duty to honor my grandfather, Andras Lehoczky's memory. My intention is to present the Legend telling how my ancestor witnessed one of the most fundamental turn of the Human history: Genghis Khan's vast Mongol empire's rise and decline, the Muslim world's crisis and beginning of the still ongoing expansion as well as crumbling of the Roman Church's crusade and political superiority. The stage is Central & Eastern European Region and the Near East at the time of the crusades.
Author : Jaroslav Folda
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 2005-09-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521835836
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